The cruise ship Norwegian Jade regularly passes through the port of Funchal. Besides the different architecture of the ship, I like the paintings on the bow.
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O navio de cruzeiros Norwegian Jade passa regularmente pelo porto do Funchal. Além da arquitectura diferente do paquete, sobressaem as pinturas que tem na proa.
Cruise ships are betting increasingly diversified access for passengers. In the Independence of the Seas, the company has created conditions for them to surf the bow of the ship, with the wind to the face and nothing else ahead unless the sea.
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Os navios de cruzeiro apostam cada vez no acesso diversificado dos passageiros. No Independence of the Seas, a companhia criou condições para que possam navegar na proa do navio, com o vento a dar na cara e sem mais nada à frente a não ser o mar.
The Pullmantur cruise ship "Pacific Dream" began yesterday to make weekly cruises in the Atlantic, with passages in Funchal on Friday. Replaces the "Atlantic Star" that has been positioned to make travel in Brazil. Was planned to make more connections to Madeira, but the H1N1 virus that emerged in Mexico unfortunately, at this stage, chase tourism away and the company decided to withdraw the ship from Acapulco and put it on this side of the Atlantic, with stops in Gibraltar, Morocco, Lanzarote, in Canary islands and Madeira. I was on board the ship and left me very good impression with crew friendly, starting with the capitan Antonio Alonso, a native of Bilbao, the Basque Country, in Spain.